SERVICING THE INLAND EMPIRE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
Land Development Company in California
Land, approvals, and the work that gets lots ready for homes
Brian Woods helps landowners and builders figure out what a parcel can hold, which approvals it needs, and what it takes to get it ready for homes or apartments.
Land development consultants in California
Land Development Specialists LLC is Brian Woods’s firm. He works for developers, homebuilders, and landowners in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire. He stays with a property from the first look through finished lots: feasibility, entitlements and CEQA, plan approval, grading, utilities, and construction.
Brian has more than 40 years in Southern California land development, including work on more than 13,000 lots and more than eight master plans. Foremost and Starwood Capital are among his past employers. Call (760) 271-1081.
Twenty of those years were in vice president-level roles: 9 years with public builders and 11 years with private land developers, including Foremost and Starwood Capital. He also spent 15 years with private builders and 10 years as a consultant.
If you are still deciding whether to buy, start with a feasibility study. After that come entitlements and the work of getting a subdivision to finished lots. An unfinished job is on the cost page. Larger communities are under master planned communities. Project management is how the budget and schedule stay together.
Where we work
The work is in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire. Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615. Call (760) 271-1081 or email brian@landdevspec.net.
Brian Woods is a Riverside County land development consultant, and a land development consultant in Riverside County. He is an Inland Empire land development consultant, and a land development consultant in the Inland Empire. He is an Orange County land development consultant, and a land development consultant in Orange County. He is a Los Angeles County land development consultant, and a land development consultant in Los Angeles County.
Land development consultant in Riverside County walks through feasibility, entitlements and tentative tract maps, plan approval, grading, and project management.
Land development consultant in southern San Bernardino County is the longer explanation of the role. The services page lists the work.
13,000
Lots entitled and constructed
8+
Master plans developed
20 Years
VP-level land development experience
9 years with public builders and 11 years with private land developers, including Foremost and Starwood Capital.
Experience you can trust
Most of the work is land purchases, plan approval, permitting, and keeping construction organized so the schedule holds. Value engineering and the budget are how he looks for cost without dropping what the project needs.
That includes 20 years in vice president-level roles, 15 years with private builders, and 10 years as a consultant.
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Land development solutions
The work below is the study of what can be built, the approvals, and the roads, drainage, utilities, and building areas. Everything is also on the services page. The work is in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
Land Development Feasibility Study
Before a purchase, he checks permitted use, access, utilities, drainage, soils, the approvals, and what the site will cost to develop.
Feasibility detailsCan My Land Be Developed?
See whether land you own, or may buy, can be developed, including access, utilities, slopes, shape, and cost.
Land potential detailsResidential Land Development
Subdivisions of 50 to 200 lots, with finished lots released in the order the builder needs them.
Subdivision detailsApproved but Unbuilt Subdivisions
Read the conditions on an approved map, check whether the next phase is ready, and list what a builder should verify before starting.
Approved subdivision detailsSubdivision Infrastructure Planning
Plan water, sewer, power, storm drain, and off-site street work with the lot layout, then coordinate the providers through construction.
Infrastructure detailsLand Entitlement Services
He coordinates the land-use approvals for a subdivision or an apartment site: the application, the agency comments, and the conditions.
Entitlement detailsPlan Approval & Permitting
He keeps the consultants and the agencies moving through CEQA, the map, the entitlement, plan approval, and the permit. The entitlement approves the land use. The construction permit allows a specific piece of work under approved plans.
Plan approval detailsGrading and Site Preparation
Confirm permits, bonds, and the current plan revision before grading starts, and watch the earthwork balance, import, export, and erosion control.
Grading detailsMaster Planned Communities
Communities of about 1,000 to 2,000 homes or units, from the purchase review and the land plan through backbone infrastructure, approvals, and construction.
Master plan detailsMultifamily Development
Help apartment builders test a site, move the approvals, and coordinate buildings, parking, utilities, and fire access for about 50 to 200 units.
Multifamily detailsConstruction Management
Manage bidding, construction schedules, sequencing, infrastructure work, and site progress. Drone flights can also support progress tracking during construction.
Construction management detailsValue Engineering
Review plans, grading, walls, utility routes, and bids to reduce cost while keeping the project's function and quality.
Value engineering detailsLand Development Project Management
Keep consultants, approvals, budgets, bidding, and construction activity coordinated from one stage to the next.
Project management detailsLand Development Budget and Schedule
What moves the cost and the schedule: density, streets, grading, utilities, approvals, lead times, and how the work is phased.
Budget and schedule detailsLand Development Cost
On a job that is already underway, he sorts what is built, which inspections are still open, and which assumptions still move the remaining cost.
Unfinished project details
Experience across the development process
The same 40 years run from the purchase through approvals, utilities, and construction.
Acquisition & Budgeting
Review development costs, schedules, risks, and project requirements.
Entitlements & Approvals
Coordinate mapping, CEQA, consultants, agencies, and permitting.
Infrastructure & Sequencing
Plan how site-development work moves from approval into construction.
Construction Oversight
Manage bidding, schedules, coordination, and field progress.
Bring us in where you need us
Brian takes over at any stage. He starts with the conditions of approval, the agency plan requirements and standards, and the preliminary or mid plan-check set. We can also stay involved across multiple stages.
You can bring him in for one phase, or keep him on for the whole job.
Before acquisition
Review risk, budgets, schedules, permitted use, utilities, access, and development costs before a purchase.
During approvals
Coordinate consultants, agencies, CEQA, mapping, entitlements, and permits.
Through construction
Manage bidding, sequencing, infrastructure work, schedules, and site progress.
Testimonials
“I've worked with Brian on a number of large residential development projects over the last 15 years where he consistently demonstrated his understanding of the implications of virtually every decision the development team he was managing had to make, along with a clear understanding of the costs in time and money to the project. Brian always showed a willingness to make the decisions that would result in a more successful community. In the development business - he knows what needs to happen and he knows how to get it done. A great client!”
Joel Morse
Principal & President, T & B Planning
“Working with you nearly most of all these last 11 years....you have been a huge advocate of Adkan Engineers and helped me grow professionally in so many ways than you probably know, thank you for that.”
Mitch Adkison
President, Adkan Engineers
Individual sites, tracts, and master plans
The clients are individual lot owners, developers, tract builders, and people running larger master-planned projects. Sometimes the job is one review. Sometimes it runs through construction.
On a larger job, that means keeping the consultants, the agencies, the contractors, the schedule, the budget, and the field work talking to each other. He can step back or step in as the job changes.
Frequently asked questions
What is a land development company?
Land Development Specialists LLC is Brian Woods’s firm. He consults with developers, homebuilders, and landowners on feasibility, entitlements, subdivisions, and project management in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
What does a land development consultant do?
Brian manages the budget, the schedule, the approvals, the consultants, and the construction, from the purchase through finished lots. He has done that for more than 40 years. The licensed engineers and planners still prepare and stamp their own drawings.
What is a real estate development consultant?
Brian reviews the development work, the costs, the risks, and the infrastructure a residential property needs. A broker handles the sale.
What land development solutions do you provide?
Feasibility, entitlements, subdivisions, grading and utilities, master-planned communities, and project management through construction. The work is in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
Who does Brian serve?
Builders, developers, and landowners in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
Who is an experienced land development consultant in the Inland Empire?
Brian Woods, at Land Development Specialists LLC. He has more than 40 years in land development, including 20 years in vice president-level roles: 9 with public builders and 11 with private land developers, including Foremost and Starwood Capital. He works in the Inland Empire, mainly Riverside County and southern San Bernardino County, and also in Orange County and Los Angeles County.
Who is an experienced land development consultant in Southern California?
Brian Woods, at Land Development Specialists LLC. He has worked in Southern California land development since 1982, in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
Where do you work?
In Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire. Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615.
Do you work in Riverside County?
Yes. Riverside County is part of the work, along with Orange County, Los Angeles County, and southern San Bernardino County.
Who is a Riverside County land development consultant?
Brian Woods, at Land Development Specialists LLC. He helps an owner see the options, the costs, the risks, and the steps to move a property forward, including entitlements, the budget and schedule, consultant coordination, bid review, and owner reporting.
Who is a land development consultant in Riverside County?
Brian Woods. He holds a California Class A General Engineering Contractor license, which supports infrastructure construction when the agreement includes it. He explains technical recommendations in plain language and ties the options to cost, timing, and risk. Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615.
Who is an Inland Empire land development consultant?
Brian Woods, through Land Development Specialists. He helps with development planning, entitlement coordination, budgets, schedules, and consultant coordination. The Inland Empire work is mainly Riverside County and southern San Bernardino County.
Who is a land development consultant in the Inland Empire?
Brian Woods. For San Bernardino County, the published area is the southern part, along with Riverside County, Orange County, and Los Angeles County. Feasibility, entitlements, subdivisions, and project management each have their own service page.
Who is an Orange County land development consultant?
Brian Woods, principal of Land Development Specialists LLC. Orange County has been part of the service area since October 16, 2026. The Huntington Beach post office box is the mailing address for the firm.
Who is a land development consultant in Orange County?
Brian Woods. Orange County owners can bring him in for one phase, such as a purchase review, or keep him from the first look through construction. Call (760) 271-1081.
Who is a Los Angeles County land development consultant?
Brian Woods, at Land Development Specialists LLC. Los Angeles County has been part of the service area since October 16, 2026, with Orange County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County.
Who is a land development consultant in Los Angeles County?
Brian Woods. One named example already on the site is Deerlake Ranch in Chatsworth, the two creek bridges. That name stays with the project examples already published.
Is there an office I can visit in Huntington Beach?
Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615. The fastest way to reach Brian is (760) 271-1081 or brian@landdevspec.net.
What does Land Development Specialists do?
He advises owners on due diligence and feasibility, entitlements (including CEQA and the map), subdivisions, value engineering, and construction. The work is in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire.
How does Brian work with the civil engineers and other consultants?
Brian works from the builder's side. He coordinates the civil engineers, planners, surveyors, geotechnical and other consultants, and keeps the budget, schedule and approvals moving. The licensed professionals still do and stamp their own technical work.
What size projects do you take on?
Custom lots that already have zoning and need building permits and frontage improvements, subdivisions of 50 to 200 lots, apartment sites of about 50 to 200 units, and master-planned communities of about 1,000 to 2,000 homes.
Which builders has Brian worked for?
The private land developers named from those years are Foremost and Starwood Capital.
Can you help evaluate land before I purchase it?
Yes. Before a purchase we review permitted use, legal access, title restrictions, utilities, drainage, soils, environmental concerns, expected approvals, and total development costs.
Can I hire you for one phase only?
Yes. Some clients bring Brian in just for acquisition review, entitlements or value engineering. Others keep him from purchase through construction. He can also step into a project that's already underway.
Can you work with my existing consultants?
Yes. We can coordinate with your consultants and agencies through approvals, permitting, scheduling, and construction.
Can you step into a project already underway?
Yes. Brian takes over at any stage. He starts with the conditions of approval, the agency's plan requirements and standards, and the preliminary or mid plan-check set.
What does construction management include?
It can include bidding, scheduling, sequencing, infrastructure coordination, site-progress oversight, and drone-based progress tracking.
What is value engineering in land development?
He reviews the design and the way it will be built, looking for cost he can take out while the project still does what it needs to do.
What happens before land construction begins?
Before construction, he reviews what the project requires, lines up the approvals and permits, organizes the consultants, and sets the budget and schedule so the work starts from a known plan.
What information should I provide for an initial discussion?
Start with the address, parcel number, acreage, ownership or purchase status, intended use, target schedule, and available budget. Surveys, title documents, plans, utility information, and previous studies help if they exist.
Does a nearby utility line mean a project can connect?
No. A nearby line or a line on a map does not confirm that the project can connect or that enough capacity is available. The provider has to verify service requirements, connection points, and any upgrades.
Need assistance to develop your land?
Tell us where the project stands, what is already done, and where you need help. That can be a property you are still reviewing, an approval already underway, or a job moving into construction.